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Cruiser Karlsruhe

10 September 2020 –

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agree to accept into their respective borders around 400 unaccompanied minors from the Mória Reception & Identification Centre, Europe's largest refugee camp located in the Greek island of Lesbos, which was destroyed by fire the previous day. (Bloomberg)

8 September 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic

American company Pfizer and German company BioNTech announce that their vaccine could be ready for approval mid-October or early November. (The Hill)

8 September 2020 – Aftermath of the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Germany–Russia relations

Russia summons the German ambassador to Moscow over statements by the German government concerning Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova accused Germany of "bluffing". (Reuters)

7 September 2020 –

A shipwreck discovered in the Norwegian trench in April 2017 is confirmed to be that of the German cruiser Karlsruhe, according to Norwegian power grid operator Statnett and a maritime archaeologist. The cruiser was sunk by a British Royal Navy submarine on April 9, 1940, during the opening stages of Operation Weserübung. (Reuters)

3 September 2020 – 2020 Solingen killings

Five children who were siblings are found dead in their apartment in Solingen, NRW, Germany. Their elder brother survived. Their mother, who is injured after throwing herself in front of a train in Düsseldorf, is suspected of the killings. (BBC)

More Germany-related news in English can be found at Deutsche Welle and Der Spiegel.

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19 July 2024 – Capital punishment in Belarus

The Minsk Regional Court in Belarus, in a secretive trial, sentences a German national Rico Krieger to death over alleged crimes including terrorism and mercenary activity. (DW)

17 July 2024 – Germany–Ukraine relations, Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War

Germany issues plans to halve its military aid to Ukraine in 2025. (Reuters)

16 July 2024 –

German authorities in four states search the properties of management and shareholders of the right-wing extremist magazine Compact, seizing assets and evidence after the magazine was banned by the interior ministry. (Reuters)

15 July 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine

NATO establishes a new command centre in Wiesbaden, Germany, to plan and coordinate support for the Ukrainian military as part of the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine. (Euronews)

15 July 2024 – 2024 Syrian parliamentary election

The ruling Ba'ath Party and its allies win 185 of the 250 seats, while opposition groups call the results "absurd" and Germany reject the election results. (AP) (Enab Baladi)